Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
610141822 ⇒
A) 24 B) 34 C) 26 D) 32 E) 22
[Correct Answer]:C
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
87654 ⇒
A) 0 B) 3 C) 6 D) 1 E) 4
[Correct Answer]:B
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
369152439 ⇒
A) 61 B) 67 C) 60 D) 63 E) 62
[Correct Answer]:D
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
036036036 ⇒
A) 12 B) 6 C) 9 D) 3 E) 0
[Correct Answer]:E
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

147714471147 ⇒
A) 7 B) 1 C) 13 D) 4 E) 10
[Correct Answer]:A
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
14

1
11

1
8

1
5

1
14

1
11

1
8

1
5

1
14

1
11

1
8

1
5

1
14

1
11

1
8
⇒
A)
1
20
B)
1
14
C)
1
17
D)
1
5
E)
1
11

[Correct Answer]:D
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
12342234323442⇒
A) 3 B) 5 C) 4 D) 2 E) 1
[Correct Answer]:A
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

4
5

5
6

6
7

7
8

8
9

9
10

10
11
⇒
A)
11
12
B)
13
12
C)
10
12
D)
11
10
E)
11
13

[Correct Answer]:A
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

1491625 ⇒
A) 54 B) 36 C) 12 D) 30 E) 24
[Correct Answer]:B
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
636363336333633333633 ⇒
A) 336333 B) 33363333 C) 333363 D) 3333633 E) 3336333
[Correct Answer]:E